FUTURE WOMEN

Futurewomen is an alternative reality series presented by Open TV (beta) that documents women of color creating, through dialogues, story circles and performance workshops, a collective heroine who must adapt to oppressive environs and circumstances.

It combines the drama of artistic creation, representations of original artwork, and alternate reality game (ARG) elements based on those arts. The series will be shot at the University of Chicago’s Arts Incubator in Washington Park in collaboration with Honey Pot Performance as part of their "Crossing Boundaries" residency with Arts + Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. The project began production in January 2015 and was released in August 2015.

Futurewomen chronicles the development of Ma(s)king Her, a dance theater work about empowered journeywomen who must survive oppressive environs. Ma(s)king Her is the newest work by Honey Pot Performance (HPP), a woman-focused collaborative creative community committed to chronicling and interrogating Afro-diasporic feminist and fringe subjectivities amidst the pressures of contemporary global life. HPP has been working together in Chicago since 2001, most recently at the University of Chicago as part of its Crossing Boundaries Residency.

Episode 1 - The Origins

The first episode, Origins, introduces viewers to Honey Pot Performance with footage from the rehearsal and first performance of Ma(s)king Her at REVIVAL, held at Chicago's Pritzker Pavilion in January 2015.

Episode 2 - The Characters

In this episode we get a first look into the characters in Honey Pot Performance's Ma(s)king Her, a dance-theater work of speculative fiction about empowered future beings and journeywomen.

Episode 3 - The Quest

In this episode we explore the stories of the characters in Honey Pot Performance's Ma(s)king Her, a dance-theater work of speculative fiction about empowered future beings and journeywomen.

MEET THE CHARACTERS

INTRODUCING PEPPA OF #FUTUREWOMEN

All of the characters have been developed with the help of artists and community members in open workshops at the University of Chicago.

Character profiles shot at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park as part of the University of Chicago Crossing Boundaries Residency

INTRODUCING ISIS OF #FUTUREWOMEN

All of the characters have been developed with the help of artists and community members in open workshops at the University of Chicago.

Character profiles shot at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park as part of the University of Chicago Crossing Boundaries Residency

INTRODUCING ALTHEA OF #FUTUREWOMEN

All of the characters have been developed with the help of artists and community members in open workshops at the University of Chicago.

Character profiles shot at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park as part of the University of Chicago Crossing Boundaries Residency

INTRODUCING WONDER OF #FUTUREWOMEN

All of the characters have been developed with the help of artists and community members in open workshops at the University of Chicago.

Character profiles shot at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park as part of the University of Chicago Crossing Boundaries Residency.